Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Researching Our Heroes

Mr. Kin Hulamm (left), an investigator who works for the Defense Intelligence Agency as a part of the Stony Beach Program in partnership with the Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and Mr. Khuong Vu, a DPAA Casualty Resolution Specialist, conduct research at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 18, 2022. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. Personnel to their families and our nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachary T. Beatty)

Papua New Guinea Operations Summit

Dr. Denise To, Laboratory Manager, an employee at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), lead a tour group during a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by DPAA on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 9, 2022. Papua New Guinea National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG) is one of the long-term host nation government partners that assists DPAA in the search for missing U.S. service members. The NMAG has assisted DPAA for over 25 years through contributing to the return and identification of and returning over 320 U.S. service members, which attests to the strong cooperation forged from years of working together on this noble mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward Randolph)

Missing Korean War Hero laid to rest

Kelly McKeague, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) director, shares the story of how recently accounted for U.S. Army Sgt. Roy “Buddy” Charles DeLauter was returned home during DeLauter’s funeral held on April 22, 2022. The mission of DPAA is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel and return them to their families and our nation. (DPAA photo by Shawn J. Stewart)

Missing Korean War Hero buried at Arlington

Ms. Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Principle Deputy Director of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, presents a collage to a family member at the funeral for Army Sgt. Elwood M. Truslow, 20, of Batesville, Virginia, killed during the Korean War, at Arlington National Cemetery, April 22, 2022. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency accounted for Sergeant Truslow on June 7, 2021. (Defense Photo by Ashley M. Wright)

Minneapolis Family Member Update

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency speak to a family attending the family member update in Minneapolis, April 23, 2022. DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts annual government briefings for families of Americans who are missing from past conflicts. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Idleburg)

Researching Our Heroes

Papua New Guinea Operations Summit

Missing Korean War Hero laid to rest

Missing Korean War Hero buried at Arlington

Minneapolis Family Member Update

U.S. Servicemembers and Civilians Missing from Past Conflicts

STORIES & RELEASES

Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Lewis, D.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. David M. Lewis, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for Story

Marine Accounted For From World War II (Brown, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Jack S. Brown, 22, killed during World War II, was accounted for May Story

Airman Accounted For From World War II (Wood, W.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. William O. Wood, 25, killed during World War II, was accounted Story

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Holm, M.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pfc. Merl W. Holm, 22, of Lake City, Iowa, killed during World War II, was accounted Story

USS West Virginia Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Melton, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class John R. Melton, 23, of Liberty, Mississippi, killed during World War II, Story

Offutt lab IDs MIA Medal of Honor recipient from 1943 raid on 'Hitler's Gas Station' Forensic anthropologists at Offutt Air Force Base have identified the remains of a missing World War II pilot who earned the Medal of Honor for his role in a Story

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Brown, L.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Lawrence L. Brown, 21, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, killed during the Korean War, was Story

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DPAA IN THE NEWS

Home again: Korean War vet's remains delivered to Hagerstown (via The Frederick News-Post) For more than 70 years, Sgt. Roy “Buddy” Charles DeLauter’s family wondered what became of him after Story

Unknown war dead identified 80 years after their deaths (via Nebraska Public Media) The USS Oklahoma was docked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The massive battleship capsized quickly Story

Identifying Sunken Planes: UD and Project Recover work with the Danish Royal Navy to identify two U.S. bombers from WWII (via University of Delaware) On June 20, 1944, a collision occurred between two B-24 bombers that were part of the U.S. 565th Story

How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members (via Nebraska Public Media) How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members inside the DPAA lab at Offutt Air Story

80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor brings end to victim-identification program (via the Washington Post) Twin brothers Leo and Rudolph Blitz were 16 when they applied to join the Navy. They were so young Story

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